Overview
- The court-approved agreement requires a $243.6 million criminal penalty, $444.5 million for a victims' fund, and $455 million for safety and quality initiatives.
- Families of victims condemned the outcome, and the judge declined requests to appoint a special monitor.
- Separate civil lawsuits over compensation continue despite the criminal case being closed.
- The decision follows Boeing’s July 2024 guilty plea to conspiring to defraud the U.S. during 737 Max certification after crashes that killed 346 people.
- The case was revived after a January 2024 fuselage panel blowout raised compliance concerns, and the Trump administration later negotiated the resolution that the Texas court approved.